Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am sure that the minister appreciates your concern, but one of the reasons for these meetings is precisely so we can benefit from your unique expertise. As other members have already said—and I am very sincere in agreeing with them—we have confidence in you, in your ability to analyze the facts and to give us recommendations, when necessary, not only in response to what we have already done, but also as potential guidance for the future.
I want to come back to the first question I asked you the first time we met, a question that is a lingering concern for me. Even if you look through the lens of 2% inflation, are you concerned about whether we will be able to generate inflation ourselves by changing oil reserves and printing more money? With the money coming in, Canada has become an oil powerhouse. Will we experience the same kind of instability as the Netherlands did in the 1950s, when it generated incredible oil wealth but wiped out whole sectors of its economy, namely the manufacturing sector?
Are there issues that cause you to lose sleep at night and that we should be studying?